If you're stopping by my little popsicle stand, chances are you've met me and we've shared either a concert or a music discussion. Therefore, I heartily entreat you to pick up Rob Sheffield's (yep, the "Rolling Stone" guy) Love Is a Mix Tape.
I saw it on a Valentine's table at Joseph Beth while buying Josh books for Valentine's day, and the title grabbed me. I've made many a mix tape in my day starting the day I got my dual cassette with turntable magic box on my 10th birthday. I still have many tapes in a milk crate out in the storage room that I really need to bring in after reading this book.
I read the first page and couldn't put it down even though I had too many other books I wanted to get him. Out of all of the ones I got, I think we have both enjoyed this one the most. This book made me laugh out loud at the words he wrote and the memories it brought back to me; songs I had not thought about in years came flooding back. This book also made me cry; big huge sobs that a book has not produced in quite some time. If you came of age in the 90's, either through high school or college or grad school, this book will take you back to that time and you'll relive those not too distant memories. You'll also realize how much things have changed in the short time that has passed.
The thing that brought Josh to me was my love of music and it was around us all through our courtship and now into our marriage. Reading this book it is amazing how it can bring people together and feed love as Shakespeare said. Music brought me the love of my life, but it also brought so many dear friends to my life and for that I'm truly grateful.
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